Transcribe Facebook to Text
Social network with videos, live streams, and Reels.
Works with publicly available audio & video. DRM-protected content is not supported.
How to Transcribe Facebook
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Copy the Facebook video URL from the address bar or share button.
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Paste it into STT.ai and select your language and model.
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Click Transcribe to convert Facebook video audio to text.
Why Use STT.ai for Facebook?
Just Paste a URL
No downloads or extensions needed
10+ AI Models
Whisper, Canary, and more
100+ Languages
Auto-detection or manual
Export TXT, SRT, VTT, DOCX
Subtitles, notes, documents
What to do with your Facebook transcript
Captions for accessibility & reach
Most viewers watch with sound off — captions lift completion rates.
Hard-subbed video for repurposing
Burn the captions in with /tools/burn-subtitles/ for cross-platform clips.
Quote extraction for cross-posting
Pull the strongest lines for thread-style reposts on other platforms.
Frequently Asked Questions
Paste the Facebook post or clip URL into STT.ai. We grab the audio from the short-form video, transcribe it in seconds, and produce ready-to-burn captions — handy for reposting the same Facebook clip with subtitles. Example Facebook link format: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=123456789
No — STT.ai reads publicly-available Facebook content directly from the URL. Private or age/region-gated Facebook content has to be downloaded manually with the original account first, then uploaded as a file.
Yes. STT.ai includes 600 free minutes/month — usable for Facebook URLs exactly like uploaded files. Paid plans starting at $5/month extend per-item length limits.
Free users can transcribe Facebook content up to 1 hour per item; paid plans extend that to 8+ hours per item, enough for the longest Facebook clip you're likely to hit.
For pre-recorded Facebook content, paste the URL and we do the rest. For a live Facebook stream, switch to STT.ai's live-transcription tool — point it at the stream and watch captions appear in real time.
DRM-protected Facebook content cannot be transcribed — we don't bypass DRM. For those, capture the audio through your OS (system audio recorder, OBS) and upload the resulting file directly.
Yes. 100+ languages, auto-detected by default. For mixed-language Facebook content, our models handle language switches mid-clip.
Yes. Speaker diarization runs on every Facebook transcription — Speaker 1, Speaker 2, … labels you rename in the editor. Works for Facebook interviews, debates, and panels.
Yes. Every Facebook transcript exports as SRT or VTT, ready to upload back to Facebook or any video platform — and our burn-subtitles tool can hardcode them onto the clip for reposting.
Facebook URL transcription accuracy tracks the source audio quality — clean studio audio reaches 93-95% with our best models; low-bitrate streams or noisy field recordings land lower.
Facebook transcripts are private to your account by default. Pro plans add client-side encryption — even STT.ai can't read them without your key. Source audio is deleted after transcription.
Yes. Submit multiple Facebook URLs through the REST API or the in-app batch upload — each is queued and you're emailed when it finishes. Useful for bulk-processing a set of Facebook links in one go.
Beyond Facebook, STT.ai supports 1,300+ platforms — including TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, and X (Twitter). The /transcribe/ directory lists every supported source.